Lorca was born (1898) and murdered (1936) in rural Andalucia at the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Before his death, he wrote a trilogy …

paper chairs enthusiastically announces its next production, PLANO written by Will Arbery and directed by returning paper chairs co-founder Dustin Wills. This marks the second collaboration between …

The Divine Narcissus depicts a pageant put on by “Paganism” and “The Church” wherein a shepherdess in distress, “Human Nature” searches for her long lost love …

paper chairs, the Austin Public Library and The Library Foundation are proud to announce their first ever collaboration, Reckonnoiter: a one day tour/ search party …

paper chairs excitedly announces The Audience,  a bold new adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s El Público,  re-imagined by Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss. paper chairs’ production …

  paper chairs invites you to The Repentance of Saint Joan, a new play by Austin playwright Patrick Shaw. Join us March 23- April 7th, 2018 at …

A rough approximation of a 17th Century play originally written by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, often referred to as the New World's first …

  In the Santos home, an alligator stalks, a mother talks to her car, a prodigal daughter binges on cereal, a devoted son raises lizards, …

Joan of Arc is long gone and the Hundred Years War has wound down when, out of nowhere, her sibling invites me over to his …

This wickedly funny and wildly fantastical work chronicles the true story of a 17th Century nun who, at the tender age of 14, breaks out …

paper chairs is proud to produce the rolling world premiere of Hot Belly, a new play by Diana Lynn Small. A queer love story for a late …

Tucked away in Kerrville, Texas is a dusty garage collecting stolen gym equipment, family secrets, and a cat carcass or two. An experimentally defunct marriage …

A drama teacher at the end of her rope and on the run from the law holes up in a motel room with her servile …

Pilar's all in knots, and Elizabeth is practicing high-level thinking in Spanish. Together they're making a thing that's got dance, dichos, parodies, roses and botox …

paper chairs invites you to Poor Herman, a new play written by paper chairs’ co-founder and Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss. Join us at the Off Center May 12-28, …

paper chairs proudly presents Art/Model Show: Subject, the second installation in our performance series exploring the personal stories, cultural perceptions and creative queries surrounding art modeling …

paper chairs’ Murder Ballad Murder Mystery is back from the dead for a limited run!For three nights only, our legendary outlaws will resurrect in east …

a new play by paper chairs co-founder and local playwright Elizabeth Doss that explores a nuclear family born of World War II as it blows apart …

Paper Chairs invites you to Inklings, the last night of performances in "Reckonnoiter," a series dedicated to developing new work. Using the fall as a …

A 100-year flood happens once every hundred years and has a one percent chance of happening once in any given year. Acts of fate of …

Traci and Chris have no business loving one another. But that's what happening, despite that their illicit affair is doomed. Come help us explore how …

Murder Ballad Murder Mystery’s legendary outlaws are back on the prowl. After abounding success this past fall touring to the New Orleans Fringe Festival and …

The Suicide follows an unemployed and dejected Semyon, living off his wife's meager income, without penny or purpose to his name. After Semyon fails at …

  Machinal, written by Sophie Treadwell in 1928, tells the story of a young woman named Helen, who feels trapped in her monotonous life and …